How Did Marcus Garvey Influence Society

Marcus Garvey is known most as the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), which was to get African American’s ready to leave. He wanted them all to return to their “mother land”. Garvey believed that everyone should be in their correct homeland. Garvey also believed in unity of all Negros as a whole, working together. He wanted to better all living and economical condition for the African American race. His views differed from many other African American leaders. Which caused his to be an outcast amongst them. His beliefs and acts is what made him so controversial.

Marcus just like other African American leaders wanted better for the Negro race. The thing that stood out the most was the fact he went about it differently. Marcus

would speak to white supremacy groups, because he felt that had something in common as far as not mixing races. He believed in purity of both the black and white races. He believed that it was unjust to push the idea of social equality, like other leaders did. He believed that the idea of blacks and whites being together would diminish the purity of both races. Black people having their own country where they would be given the fullest opportunity to grow politically, socially, and industrially is something he expressed he emotions about. Marcus had this idea that he would gather up millions of Negros in the united states and get them over in African which was more rhetorical than real. Marcus believed the Negro population was of disunity and that if anything could be accomplished through the black race it would be through unity in the UNIA. He went on to preach of these ideas and messages to his followers and believers to take back to their people.
One of Marcus followers was Reverend Earl Little the father of the Malcolm X, who was a Baptist minister, who was a committed orderly for Marcus’s U.N.I.A.

at the headquarters in Harlem New York. Earl’s task as a worker for Marcus Garvey was to raising the awareness of the black-race purity and encouraging the Negro population to return to the native land. The UNIA holds its first international convention of the Negro people of the world, and adopts is national flag with colors red, black, and green. Garvey is also elected president of Africa. Earl gave sermons about Marcus Garvey’s ideas to his congregations. Earl encouraged Marcus’s ideas in a positive way. Some people believed that Marcus’s ideas and views where negative and would cause an uproar in Negro community. Some would fear that Negros all around would start causing trouble and things would get to far out of hand. Marcus was so controversial because he believed different and wasn’t afraid to express his opinion by any means necessary. He started it by himself and held it together for three years before he gained enough members to form a whole branch. Marcus like most wanted the best mostly or his people but in the same for wanted everybody

happy.